sendfax and postscript

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Supposedly the "convert" utilitie provided in the redhat distribution will
convert a PostScript to g3.  Mine ( redhat 6.0 ) coredumps in the conversion.
I ended up using a chain of other convertors, finally ending up with g3
format.  I believe they all are included in the Redhat distribution.  I would
try the convert utility first, since the man page seems to be most recent.
Some of the  other convertors are5-8 years old.

Cornelius Creedon wrote:

> i am not terribly farmiliar with sendfax, but it appears it _only_ sends
> g3 fax files. (check the man page)
>
> so, it seems you will have to convert your postscript to g3 before feeding
> it to sendfax.
>
> my redhat linux 6.1 system does not provide a tool to do so directly,
> however you might try some series of conversions (ps2pdf pdftopbm pbm2g3)
> or look for some other direct conversion utility.
>
> -cc
>
> On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Wolfgang Adrion wrote:
>
> > hello!
> >
> > I am trying to send faxes with xsane (scan program) and sendfax.
> > Assuming (because of ignorance) I left the field for the "postscript
> > switch" blank.
> >
> > That's probably the reason for the following error message:
> > Trying fax device '/dev/ttyS1'... OK.
> > Dialing 010050069791255586... OK.
> > sending 'faxproject/page-001.ps'...
> > WARNING: are you sure that this is a G3 fax file? Doesn't seem to be...
> >
> > Can anybody tell how I can tell to sendfax that there is a postscript
> > file for transmission?
> >
> > Thanx in advance
> > Wolfgang
> >
> > --
> > mailto:wolfgang.adrion@fen.baynet.de
> >
> >